Short Season Edibles

SHORT SEASON EDIBLES

Don’t put away your garden tools just yet. There are several vegetables that can be planted and harvested from now to the end of the season even here in Calgary. Here are some crops and specific varieties that can be harvested in a short season.

Spinach – Regal 30 days to harvest
Radishes – Cherry Belle 24 days to harvest
Peas – Little Marvel (60 days to harvest)
Leaf lettuce – Prizehead Leaf 45 days to harvest
Turnip and rutabaga – Early Snowball – 40 days to harvest and tolerates frost.
Carrots are also great choice to harvest early as baby carrots.